tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post8042749819995939981..comments2019-09-15T04:36:24.674-05:00Comments on Althouse: "In the past, Mr. Trump said, when dealing with a dishonest rival 'there was nothing you can do other than sue. Which I’ve done... But it’s a long process.'"Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger165125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-31262985781174759222018-02-18T10:31:43.660-06:002018-02-18T10:31:43.660-06:00This is painfully naive.
I find myself in agreeme...<i>This is painfully naive.</i><br /><br />I find myself in agreement with the butthurt gentleman here.Angle-Dyne, Angelic Buzzardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06906660380913898401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-90949885142999805422018-02-18T08:25:54.307-06:002018-02-18T08:25:54.307-06:00Rusty said...
In an open marketplace monopolies us...<i>Rusty said...<br />In an open marketplace monopolies usually succumb to their size when someone breaks in with a better, cheaper product. </i><br /><br />This is painfully naive.<br />Beloved Commenter AReasonableManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139261862363663232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-31887328801392742542018-02-18T08:09:22.563-06:002018-02-18T08:09:22.563-06:00Buwaya
In an open marketplace monopolies usually s...Buwaya<br />In an open marketplace monopolies usually succumb to their size when someone breaks in with a better, cheaper product. <br />Rustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00938263272237104128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-15371940755295571662018-02-18T00:08:33.738-06:002018-02-18T00:08:33.738-06:00The only reason you arent Venezuela is you have a ...<i>The only reason you arent Venezuela is you have a lot more accumulated real and social capital to burn through.</i><br /><br />No, I disagree. I think we have two populations.<br /><br />One I will call &quot;doers&quot; who get stuff done regardless of the obstacles the leftist takers throw up.<br /><br />Ritmo is a nice example of the takers with no concept of anything economic except cashing his paycheck.<br /><br />Those of us who have signed the front of paychecks have a better idea of how things happen.<br /><br />Just had a nice family birthday party and it looks like I didn&#39;t miss much.<br /><br />It&#39;s nice to have successful kids.Michael Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18127450762129879267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-312450266235984872018-02-17T23:54:45.811-06:002018-02-17T23:54:45.811-06:00No there was a whole other lesson taught, those wi...No there was a whole other lesson taught, those without a powerful lobbying apparat loose their chair when the music stops. Also cater to the progressive mouthings of progressive Washington, Zuckerberg dorsey bezos brin and page have followed suit.bolivar di grizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12459392922039969696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-29566709252574496422018-02-17T22:41:47.321-06:002018-02-17T22:41:47.321-06:00So you hate him because he&#39;s an awesome philan...So you hate him because he&#39;s an awesome philanthropist. Got it. <br /><br />Yes, he abused his monopoly power. And just as Judge Jackson was going to throw the book at him, the incoming Bush administration backed off and let him off with a slap on the wrist. What else is new?<br /><br />buwaya could teach a Master Class in missing the point. The Toothless Revolutionaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02059991118123693141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-62328571569945492142018-02-17T21:46:16.520-06:002018-02-17T21:46:16.520-06:00He. Borrowed from jobs who borrowed from the Xerox...He. Borrowed from jobs who borrowed from the Xerox lab, just like Zuckerberg took the commission from the vinklevossi and froze out everyone including saverin. Yes o remember lotus, I mentioned constructivist programs because common core is just the latest iteration. Ignite which has been tube base template since nclb was passed is the original bad seed.bolivar di grizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12459392922039969696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-29194998168762161522018-02-17T21:39:47.283-06:002018-02-17T21:39:47.283-06:00They do very badly in reading and writing (goodnes...They do very badly in reading and writing (goodness, the writing!), arithmetic not so bad. Everything else is utter zero. Even if they can write, they have nothing to write about. Worse, they have no idea how to find something to write about. <br /><br />Its very bad, and I&#39;m talking UC graduates. buwayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02388691837737324814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-25080516800570996662018-02-17T21:35:37.152-06:002018-02-17T21:35:37.152-06:00Gates profits off a monopoly position.
He obtaine...Gates profits off a monopoly position. <br />He obtained the monopoly fair and square, as he understood the requirement for OS compatibility before most caught on, and leveraged the rest from that. I met him once, in Sacramento, when he was being his salesman self pushing Excel, trying to kill Lotus. He did. <br /><br />Now, dont get me wrong, Excel in particular is my favorite tool, my workshop, my jacknife, my duct tape (Bill Gates is an excellent face to face salesman), but something better could certainly replace it. But in a monopoly state based on compatibility stsndards its difficult to break in as Excel did to Lotus. <br /><br />But still, a monopoly produces nothing qua monopoly, it is profit without economic value otherwise. Google and Apple and most of the remaining consolidated Silicon Valley behemoths are like that. Its a congealed, decadent state for a once dynamic industry. buwayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02388691837737324814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-32655648085817884282018-02-17T21:35:24.213-06:002018-02-17T21:35:24.213-06:00The schools are not turning out candidates with th...<i>The schools are not turning out candidates with the proper skills but they are woke with all the proper attitudes.</i><br /><br />Good point! <br /><br />Now who do we go to with our complaints about how anti-race war these graduates are? <br /><br />Obviously the four R&#39;s are reading, writing, &#39;rithmetic, and race war. In Trump&#39;s America, at least.<br /><br />Actually, scratch that whole reading part. Trump apparently is no good at it, either. And he hires ghost writers. <br /><br />So arithmetic and race war. That&#39;s Trump&#39;s America.<br /><br />Pity that such a good numbers guy like him couldn&#39;t keep the debt from being pushed up another trillion. And a debt to GDP ratio above 100%. <br /><br />What a great deal he got for America!The Toothless Revolutionaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02059991118123693141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1109976546211026062018-02-17T21:32:40.728-06:002018-02-17T21:32:40.728-06:00Zuckerberg gates bozos brin form an information ca...Zuckerberg gates bozos brin form an information cartel, a semiotic maginot line thug trump found away around, hence all the cries of Russia,bolivar di grizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12459392922039969696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-24720819403928466492018-02-17T21:29:43.325-06:002018-02-17T21:29:43.325-06:00Bobcat goldswaithe is a little verklempt that some...Bobcat goldswaithe is a little verklempt that someone would interfere with the mirage u 6 is a better consistent measure. The schools are not turning out candidates with the proper skills but they are woke with all the proper attitudesbolivar di grizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12459392922039969696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-5606795390363113022018-02-17T21:25:52.704-06:002018-02-17T21:25:52.704-06:00Actually there is still huge unemployment in the U...Actually there is still huge unemployment in the US. <br />The Obama admin did little for that. The labor force participation rate has barely budged. The total pop employment rate has caught up less than halfway to what it was in 2008, much less 2000. <br /><br />There is considerable &quot;excess labor&quot; in the US. <br />The unemployment rate is a useless measure where the labor force participation rate is falling - people are being deemed to be out of the labor force, so voila, weak job growth and yet falling unemployment. Ben Bernanke said so on several occasions - rather sheepishly. <br /><br />Trump has made no particular dent in these, or it has not yet shown up significantly in the statistics. buwayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02388691837737324814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-68082172413716480752018-02-17T21:24:44.257-06:002018-02-17T21:24:44.257-06:00Look Michael - you now have company! Another semi-...Look Michael - you now have company! Another semi-literate has joined the thread: bolivar di griz. <br /><br />Welcome him into your fold. I&#39;m sure the two of you will have much in common to discuss - once you decipher each others&#39; languages beneath the grunts, barks and whistles that comprise the bulk of each one. The Toothless Revolutionaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02059991118123693141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-16049501040336151102018-02-17T21:09:47.206-06:002018-02-17T21:09:47.206-06:00That trillion dollars in stimulus built those grea...That trillion dollars in stimulus built those great brid- wait those shiny road-, the massive hydro-, I think this was a fraud perpetrated on the people.bolivar di grizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12459392922039969696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-83258241952675902512018-02-17T21:07:20.220-06:002018-02-17T21:07:20.220-06:00Geez, Michael. You have an even harder time readin...Geez, Michael. You have an even harder time reading than you let on. You still think that Langford Peel&#39;s unemployment stat attributed to Trump was a greater accomplishment than cutting it in half? Man, you really are dumber than you let on, aren&#39;t you? The Toothless Revolutionaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02059991118123693141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-28485121622717451942018-02-17T21:05:37.362-06:002018-02-17T21:05:37.362-06:00No Carnegie and Rockefeller actually produced phys...No Carnegie and Rockefeller actually produced physical product, buffet just churns paper, gates manulates electronics. But they fund constructivist mind arson projects that detract from real knowledge.bolivar di grizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12459392922039969696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-68723843421337047452018-02-17T21:04:00.825-06:002018-02-17T21:04:00.825-06:00And employees reliant on owners?!! Lordy, not that...<i>And employees reliant on owners?!! Lordy, not that. You mean the working man can just work without owners paying? Tote those barges for free? Or pay themselves?</i><br /><br />I think Washington could make policies that benefit labor as well as owners, but you are obviously one of those types who hate OSHA, the EPA (before it cut the scientists out under Pruitt and massively hired political appointees), etc. <br /><br />Under Trump the OSHA stats on weekly workplace deaths are no longer posted. <br /><br />So, slightly improved (if statistically insignificant) wages, they&#39;ll all go to the Chinese, and less scrutiny on how many workers are getting killed at work. Great job, Trump administration!The Toothless Revolutionaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02059991118123693141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-84896916754525518512018-02-17T21:03:15.735-06:002018-02-17T21:03:15.735-06:00TTR
As you are wont to say: go fuck yourself. y...TTR<br />As you are wont to say: go fuck yourself. you drunken fat fuck. Still hard to cut 60% unemployment when you are at full employment. Read up on the fomc&#39;s views on the topic dicklick<br /><br />LOL<br /><br />Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08258681007386089907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-4760262193576649292018-02-17T21:02:29.872-06:002018-02-17T21:02:29.872-06:00Mnuchin has been mostly in media, the partner with...Mnuchin has been mostly in media, the partner with Brett rattler to finance American sniper to the Lego films, apart from his father who is more of a wallstreeter.bolivar di grizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12459392922039969696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-59178549919670452762018-02-17T21:00:12.099-06:002018-02-17T21:00:12.099-06:00Hard to cut unemployment when you are at full empl...<i>Hard to cut unemployment when you are at full employment.</i><br /><br />Hey, go tell that to your GOP talking points-spewing friend Langford Peel, Scrooge McDuck. He&#39;s the one trying to make Trump out to look like the 2nd coming for catching the tail-end of a ten-year long trend. <br /><br />You really should learn to read, <a href="https://www.rif.org/about-rif" rel="nofollow">but I&#39;ve told you this before</a>. Makes you look like less of a jackass when you stumble on drunk into a thread and actually figure out whose point you&#39;re responding to. <br /><br />So, other than not being able to read the thread, and repeating your mistake for the dozenth time, what else is new? Do you condense long reports into short summaries and insert self-references in them to maintain your interest like Trump does?<br /><br />Maybe someday you&#39;ll become innumerate, too. Then that would be a real tragedy! A Wall Street guy who not only can&#39;t read, but can&#39;t count. <br /><br />Sad. The Toothless Revolutionaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02059991118123693141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-36723063855046895812018-02-17T20:54:58.891-06:002018-02-17T20:54:58.891-06:00You just repeated yourself, alligator face. Still ...You just repeated yourself, alligator face. Still just as irrelevant as before. The Toothless Revolutionaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02059991118123693141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-34883108851296995932018-02-17T20:53:51.636-06:002018-02-17T20:53:51.636-06:00Bill Gates and Warren Buffet have &quot;influenced...<i>Bill Gates and Warren Buffet have &quot;influenced&quot; educational policy way more than Betsy De Vos</i><br /><br />Why shouldn&#39;t they? <br /><br />1. They know what they&#39;re talking about and have made their fortunes through smarts, not through inheritance like Bitchy Douche Vos. Unlike her, competence is something they&#39;ve proven they have.<br /><br />2. They&#39;re proven philanthropists who plan to give most of their wealth away and have the credibility it takes to prove they&#39;re not just pushing policies and ideas for their own benefit. Maybe once Douche Vos makes AIDS drugs and malaria treatments available in sub-Saharan Africa instead of sitting on her fat, uneducated, self-serving ass she&#39;ll have that credibility. <br /><br />3. They&#39;re not agitating to cut their own taxes. Apparently they can stretch their monies further and make assets work for them in ways that your bitch Douche Vos can&#39;t. <br /><br />I predict that along with Andrew Carnegie you&#39;ll see statues of Gates and Buffett on civic structures in the future. But no one will ever remember blonde education-for-dollars Trump lackey. Practically no one knows anything about her now. SHe&#39;s just another Republican party shill, peddling intellectually, morally, and socially bankrupt bullshit for the sole reason that she profits financially off it. <br /><br />Maybe she should learn an actual skill and diversify her policy-income stream. The Toothless Revolutionaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02059991118123693141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-41497186418006964072018-02-17T20:53:04.866-06:002018-02-17T20:53:04.866-06:00&quot;Obama cut unemployment more than 60%. Let&#3...&quot;Obama cut unemployment more than 60%. Let&#39;s see Trump do that.&quot;<br /><br />Hard to cut unemployment when you are at full employment. LOL. Arithmetic. <br /><br />And employees reliant on owners?!! Lordy, not that. You mean the working man can just work without owners paying? Tote those barges for free? Or pay themselves? <br /><br />Good stuff, TTR. <br /><br /> <br />Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08258681007386089907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-84100980205214425062018-02-17T20:51:09.677-06:002018-02-17T20:51:09.677-06:00And you are a banana republic and have been for ma...And you are a banana republic and have been for many years. <br />The crazy days of 2008-09 should have taught you that. <br />The system cracked open there, for a while, for all to see. buwayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02388691837737324814noreply@blogger.com